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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Pour me a chalice full of Haterade, slave. But seriously, point me a single superstar NBA player that didn't have moments/games/series like this. It's an inherent part of becoming a better player.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    EROTIC.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Cashner still has a ways to go.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    The Bulls can't afford to get that much uglier.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Nah, his psyche is probably damaged. Let's check with cubbyvirus.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Come on now. I'm not trying to hate. He had an amazing season. And great point guards that are so atheletic can peak very early. Ask Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury. He had an amazing season despite displaying key flaws indicative of a very young player. And those aren't very accurate comparisons.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Come on now.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Exactly. Listen to the post-game radio tonight and you'll hear tons of callers talking like he's peaked and how he's a "choker" and blah-blah-blah. This is what players and teams have to go through until they finally punch through. It sucks, but that's the NBA. The future still looks VERY bright for the Bulls. This awesome season was just the start. I want to get upset at him but when I take a step back and realize that very few players have had seasons like his at his age. If he improves like most players improve, Rose is going to be an amazing, amazing player in this league and you will think that will translate to the playoffs more consistently sooner than later. Definitely. He frustrated me plenty in the playoffs, and especially this last series, but then when you remember how young he is and how long he's going to be with this team and how much better he can potentially get it helps.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    All so very true. Yeah, this series has been brutal and tonight was just another stab in the heart, but they're in a great position to just get even better. Can't wait for next season.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Dude, stop. It's embarrassing. Every team has had [expletive] like that happen before. Calm down. I love that he acts as if the Blackhawks don't exist. yeah, it's ok cuz they won once in 60 years Just because you're a bandwagon fan doesn't mean the 90's weren't [expletive] awesome for us Bulls fans. Wicked sick burn.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Exactly. Listen to the post-game radio tonight and you'll hear tons of callers talking like he's peaked and how he's a "choker" and blah-blah-blah. This is what players and teams have to go through until they finally punch through. It sucks, but that's the NBA. The future still looks VERY bright for the Bulls. This awesome season was just the start.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Incredible comeback for the Heat. Gotta give credit to the better team. Pretty impressive. Here's to next year.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Ideally, yes. However, you can succeed even if you're not in an ideal situation. The position the Cubs are in has them with a couple guys with fringy superstar potential (McNutt, Brett Jackson), a huge boom/bust guy (Vitters), and a ton of players who project to anywhere from decent ML starters to very good starters. Ideally you have more superstar caliber guys in your system, but the Cubs don't. There's nothing you can really do about that in the short term, however, so the key is working with that the best you can. If you can fill 20-23 spots on your roster cheaply with those guys, then you combine the third highest payroll in the majors and you have more money than most teams to go get a couple of guys like Pujols, Fielder, Hernandez, Votto, Kemp, Reyes, etc. Is it the best position to be in? No, but it's a very winnable situation given the upcoming options in free agency, the money the Cubs have to spend and Hendry's ability (if he's still the GM after this year) to go out and get good values in trades. Couldn't agree more.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    A WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN. Today is the start of an 8-game win streak. I DECLARE IT SO.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Well, durrr.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Where the hell is he gonna play for us? SS. Move Castro over to 2B.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    It's OK, Reyes. Just stay at Wrigley. Those Mets don't appreciate you like I would.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    When was the last time Marmol had to appear in a save situation? Seems like the Cubs are either losing or blowing the other team out when he comes in these days just to get work.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Fukusexy. Really wish the Cubs could play the Mets at least 40 times this season.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    It's more than what you are willing to spend. It's what you are willing to spend in contrast to what all the other big spenders are spending, and what is available. Unless you are the Yankees, signing a middle of the order bat and an ace pitcher is nearly impossible. Again, it's up to the Ricketts. If they're willing to keep the payroll at approx. $150 million if necessary then the Cubs would potentially have in the vicinity of $50-$60 million to spend. That would easily cover both if both are available. Then they have even more money coming off the books after 2012.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Managers tend to favor veterans, even [expletive] ones. I still like that "since he's not good at the bat everybody just assumes he's a quality defensive catcher" theory that somebody put out there. He's just an experience crappy catcher. Isn't the opposite true for Soto? Wasn't he considered a good defensive catcher in the minors until he raked in AAA in 2007 and then won the ROY award in 2008? Yeah, Soto's reputation was as being a solid catcher defensively and just OK at best with the bat until he broke out.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Managers tend to favor veterans, even [expletive] ones. I still like that "since he's not good at the bat everybody just assumes he's a quality defensive catcher" theory that somebody put out there. He's just an experience crappy catcher. And if you win a game with such a player, managers will always try and place part of the credit on that crappy catcher for some reason. Yeah, they just glom on to these journeyman catchers like they must be defensive gurus since they suck so much with the bat. Hill has the added mystique of the mangled hand and being a switch-hitter, so he might as well be a walking good luck charm for managers.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    As fair as you may be treating them, you are still talking about filling both an ace role and middle of the order hitter in free agency, which is next to impossible for anybody outside the Yankees. It's all up to what the Ricketts are willing to spend. If they're willing to keep this year as a rough ceiling as to what the Cubs can spend then they're going to have a LOT to spend after this season and the next, to the point they that could conceivably sign someone like Pujols or Fielder + Reyes this year, someone like Kemp next year and still have more than enough money for a true ace.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Managers tend to favor veterans, even shitty ones.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    I never said they had anyone for the middle of the order. I've repeatedly said that they're going to have to look to FA to fill that. Fortunately they have money to spend and good FA's available after this season and 2012 to spend it on. I also didn't say they had anyone to front the pitching rotation. But again, use the money for a desired ace and ideally they're able to produce some #3-level starters and maybe 1 or 2 #2's instead of having to shell out for guys like Dempster or Lilly. Quite frankly, I really don't give a damn about your semantics argument because I really don't think I'm overselling the current crop of prospects. I've been abundantly clear that I don't think the Cubs don't have any stars on the horizon now that Castro is up. But I'll be plenty happy if they can fill several spots that they usually have to spend too much extra money on and then be able to use that money on impact players to fill the critical spots. No, that's not the ideal way to be able to utilize the farm, but fortunately the Cubs are in the position starting after this season to have serious money to work through it. It's a "stars aligning" sort of thing that can still work very much in their favor sooner rather than the later even though the farm isn't at the level we ultimately want/need it to be at.
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